2001 16th Annual Battery Conference on Applications and Advances Book

	Separation Composition Evaluation in Model Rechargeable Silver-Zinc Cells	1
	Safety Testing of Li-Ion Polymer Flat Cell	9
	Nickel-Metal Hydride Replacement for VRLA and Vented Nickel-Cadmium Aircraft Batteries	11
	Performance and Characteristic of a Large Lithium-Ion Cell with Low Temperature Electrolyte for U.S. Army Application	17
	Modeling Grid-Connected Hybrid Electric Vehicles Using ADVISOR	23
	The Affect of Battery Pack Technology and Size Choices on Hybrid Electric Vehicle Performance and Fuel Economy	31
	Global Grid - Connected Hybrid Vehicle Alliance	37
	Hybrid Electric Vehicle Commercialization Issues	45
	Battery System Requirements for Battery Dominant Hybrid Electric Vehicles	47
	Ultra-Radiation Hard Aerospace Batteries	55
	Advanced Aircraft Maintenance Free Battery	57
	Aerospace Nickel-Cadmium Cell Verification - Final Report	59
	DMSP 50 Ah NiCd Workhorse Battery Failure and Improved Cell Monitoring Methods for DMSP and TIROS	67
	Prospects for Improving Performance of the Lead Acid Battery	69
	Comparison of Mercury Porosimetry and Flow Porometry for the Testing of Battery Separator Materials	71
	Absorbency Of Separators Under Compression	77
	Dendrite-Preventive (DPA) For Lead-Acid Batteries	81
	Life and Capacity Improvements in Lead Acid Batteries Through Metal Control Additives	87
	Challenges for VRLA Separator Technology - A Review of Recent ALABC Research	93
	Lessons Learned in Using Ohmic Techniques for Battery Monitoring	99
	Development of Bipolar Lead Acid Batteries with Cladded Materials	105
	Discrete Frequency Immittance Spectroscopy (DFIS) - A New Technique For Battery Instrumentation	111
	Characterization of Gas Propagation and Ventilation in Battery Rooms	117
	Equalization Requirements for Series VRLA Batteries	125
	Examination of VRLA Battery Cells Sampled from The Metlakatla Battery Energy Storage System	131
	Review of US Nanocorp - SNL Joint Development of Thermal-Sprayed Thin-Film Cathodes for Thermal Batteries	139
	Large Lithium Ion Batteries for Aerospace and Aircraft Applications	147
	Achieving a High Pulse Power System through Engineering the Battery-Capacitor Combination	153
	Segmented Battery Charger for High Energy 28V Lithium Ion Battery	157
	Li Diffusion in a Composite Electrode with Internal Fractal Surface	161
	RBSM Structure and Its Effects On Fluid and Gas Transport	163
	Inefficiency of the Oxygen Cycle and Parameters on which it Depends	169
	Modeling Oxygen Evolution and Associated Failure Mechanisms in Lead Acid Batteries	175
	Modeling the Overcharge Process of VRLA Batteries	181
	On Validation of the Modeling of Overcharge Process in VRLA Cells	187
	Life Prediction for Valve Regulated Lead Acid Batteries from Early Current/Voltage Data	193
	New Light Weight Battery Grids Produced by Electroforming	195
	Semi-suspension Technology for Preparation of Tetrabasic Pastes for Positive Lead-Acid Battery Plates	199
	Corrosion Resistant Positive Grids, Novel Separators, and Negative Plate Additives for Increased VRLA Battery Life	201
	Advanced Lead Acid Battery Designs for Hybrid Electric Vehicles	207
	Increasing The Specific Energy of Deep-Cycle VRLA Batteries by Improving Material-Utilization Efficiencies	213
	Thermal Characteristics of Selected EV and HEV Batteries	219
	Electrochemical Behavior of Lead Film Electrodes on Copper and Aluminum in Sulfuric Acid Solutions	227
	Development of Micro Fuel Cells for Cellular Phone Applications	233
	Sputter Deposition of Catalyst for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells	235
	Lithium Micro-Battery Development at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory	237
	Microinductors for Integrated Power Conversion	243
	Electrochemical Energy Conversion By-Passes Second Law of Thermodynamics	245
	Model-based Predictive Diagnostics for Primary and Secondary Batteries	251
	A Novel Online Measurement Technique for AC Impedance of Batteries and Other Electrochemical Systems	257
	Artificial Intelligence Reads Battery State-of-Health in Three Minutes	263
	Battery Analysis in CyberSpace- Modern Technology Enables Battery Testing and Restoration at the Service Counter	267
	Layered Cobalt and Nickel Oxide Cathodes: A Comparison of Their Structural and Chemical Stabilities	269
	Advances in Cathode Technology for Li-Ion Batteries	275
	New and Novel Lithium Imide Electrolytes and Copolymers: Synthesis and Characterization for Lithium Rechargeable Batteries	277
	Manganese Oxides for Lithium-Ion and Lithium Primary Batteries	283
	Doped Li[subscript x]MnO[subscript y] Intercalation Materials	285
	Safety, Rate Capability and Cycling Performance of Moltech Prismatic Rechargeable Cells	287
	Smart Battery Analog Front End Architecture Comparison - Integrated Voltage-to-Frequency Vs Analog-to-Digital Converters	293
	Overview of the SBS-IF's Smart Battery System Architecture	299
	Managing Power Dissipation in Portable Battery Charges Applications	301
	A Simpler Multiple Battery Architecture for Notebooks	307
	Smart Battery Adaptive Algorithms - System Gain Calibration Elimination by Use of Adaptive Learn Cycle in Integrated VFC Measurement Circuit	311
	3300mAh Zinc-Air Batteries for Portable Consumer Products	317
	Advances in Air Manager Technologies for Zinc-Air Batteries	319
	Energizer Alkaline as a Competitive Energy Source for Portable High Tech Devices	323
	Advanced Materials for Next Generation High Energy and Power Nickel-Metal Hydride Portable Batteries	325
	Safety Tests of Lithium 9-Volt Batteries for Navy Applications	337
	Polarization Characteristics of Electrochemical Battery Hybrid System	343
	Microfabricated Secondary Batteries for Remote, Autonomous, Electronic Devices	349
	Fuzzy Logic-Based Micro Power Supply for MEMS Applications	355
	Computational Design of Nickel-Hydrogen Batteries	359
	Proposed Amendments to the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Lithium Batteries	361
	Safety Studies of Li-Ion Key Components by ARC	367
	Thermal Abuse Studies on Lithium Ion Rechargeable Batteries	375
	Performance and Safety of Li-Ion Cells	381
	Author Index	383